Cities in the 21st Century 1st Edition by Oriol Nel Lo, Renata Mele ISBN 1138119644 9781138119642

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ISBN 10: 1138119644

ISBN 13: 9781138119642 

Author: Oriol Nel-Lo; Renata Mele

Cities in the 21^st Century provides an overview of contemporary urban development. Written by more than thirty major academic specialists from different countries, it provides information on and analysis of the global network of cities, changes in urban form, environmental problems, the role of technologies and knowledge, socioeconomic developments, and finally, the challenge of urban governance.

In the mid-20th century, architect and planner Josep Lluís Sert wondered if cities could survive; in the early 21st century, we see that cities have not only survived but have grown as never before. Cities today are engines of production and trade, forges of scientific and technological innovation, and crucibles of social change. Urbanization is a major driver of change in contemporary societies; it is a process that involves acute social inequalities and serious environmental problems, but also offers opportunities to move towards a future of greater prosperity, environmental sustainability, and social justice.

With case studies on thirty cities in five continents and a selection of infographics illustrating these dynamic cities, this edited volume is an essential resource for planners and students of urbanization and urban change.

Table of contents:

Part 1 – Cities in the Global Socioeconomic Network

1. Changing the City, Changing the World
2. The City of London: Center of Capital Flows
3. Cities in the World System
4. New Patterns of Circulation of Goods: The Port of Shanghai
5. Cities as Innovation: Towards a New Understanding of Population Growth, Social Inequality and Urban Sustainability
6. Ceuta and Melilla: The Paradox and Drama of International Migration

Part 2 – Urban Morphology: Transformations and Dissolutions
7. Regional Urbanization and the End of the Metropolis Era
8. The Città Diffusa of the Po Valley
9. New Urban Forms: The Distinctive Character of the European Metropolis
10. The New Luanda
11. Beyond Urbanalization: Urban Form and the Low-Carbon Challenge
12. Old and New Commercial Centres: Bazaars vs Shopping Malls in Ankara
13. Mutations in the Latin American Metropolis: Santiago de Chile under Neoliberal Dynamics
14. Observing Changes in Urban Form Through Night Satellite Images in Buenos Aires and Lima

Part 3 – Urban Ecosystems: Resources and Energy
15. Living at the Edge of Chaos: A Complex Systems View of Cities
16. Climate-Sensitive Urbanization in Tokyo-Yokohama
17. Cities in a Low Carbon World
18. Pathways to Decarbonizing Mobility in Madrid
19. Cities, Climate Change and Lifestyles
20. Urban Agriculture in Melbourne
21. The Mirage of the Sustainable Smart City. Planetary Urbanization and the Spectre of Combined and Uneven Apocalypse
22. Energy Access and Water Supply in Urban Centers in Arid Landscapes: The Case of Nouakchott

Part 4 – Urban Technologies: Information, Knowledge, Infrastructures and Culture
23. The Cognitive City
24. Talent Concentration and Brain Drain in Greater Boston
25. Dimensions of the Future City
26. Shaping the City with Big Data: Seattle, Chicago and Lyon
27. Cities, Infrastructure and Planning: Levers to Steer Transitions
28. Managing Public Transport in Medellín
29. Group-Form and Urban Infrastructural Resilience: New York City as an Example
30. RES NOVÆ: New Things and Concepts in the Smart City of Bari

Part 5 – The Urban Economy and Society: Dynamism and Inequalities
31. The City as Economic Engine
32. Urban Festivals as Tools for Sustainable Development: The Case of the World Port Days in Rotterdam
33. Dynamism and Inequalities in the Global South Cities
34. Gender and Spaces of Fear: The Case of Mexico City
35. The City in the Net. Infrastructural Networks, Economic Development and Urban Form
36. Social Construction of Urban Spaces in Barcelona, Glasgow and New York
37. “New Urbanisation”: Theory, Challenges and Research
38. The Slums of Manila

Part 6 – Governing Cities: Visions, Projects and Instruments
39. The Rise of Urban Governance
40. The “Pacification” of Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas
41. Urban Policies: Towards New Scenarios of Innovation and Governance
42. The Regulation of Urban Citysenship. Shenzhen’s Migrants
43. Up-dating Lorenzetti’s Allegories on Government Towards a Europe of Cities
44. Exchanging Recyclable Waste for Electricity in Fortaleza

Part 7 – Infographic Tables

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